The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Sergeant Ralph F. Worley (MCSN: 405730), United States Marine Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity while serving as a Machine Gun Section Leader of Weapons Company, Third Battalion, Seventh Marines, FIRST Marine Division (Reinforced), in action against enemy aggressor forces in Korea on the night of 27 – 28 November 1950. At the outset of a fierce hostile attack through a roadblock on the rifle company’s right flank while the company itself was under assault, Sergeant Worley cunningly placed sleeping bags around a campfire at his original position to deceive the enemy, and skillfully located his guns approximately fifty yards distant. Withholding all action until hostile troops attacked his previous position en masse, he opened point-blank fire which disorganized the enemy flanks and destroyed most of the hostile assailants, thereby preventing them from getting in behind the rifle company and forcing them to retreat. Although suffering acutely from frostbitten feet throughout this engagement, he steadfastly refused to be evacuated until his section was relieved of its mission and, by his strategy and indomitable fighting spirit, was primarily responsible for the destruction of forty-six of the enemy. His bold initiative and aggressive devotion to duty reflect great credit upon Sergeant Worley and the United States Naval Service.